Tag: ePub
OverDrive Gets a Huge Membership Boost after Launching Kindle Library Lending
The Kindle Library Lending service launched in the fall of 2011 started with 11.000 libraries. The number has grown to about 15,000 libraries and counting in the US, and 18,000…
A Kindle Conversion: Why The EPUB Argument Stopped Mattering
Amazon made what appeared to be some fairly big opponents in the earliest days of the Kindle. All they had to do was decide to go with a closed format. …
A Tribute to Michael Hart, Founder of Project Gutenberg
Michael Hart, the founder of ebooks and Project Gutenberg, died on September 6, 2011 at the age of 64. His death will be a huge loss for the digital book…
Yes, Harry Potter Is Coming To The Kindle
In recent blogs and reports, a rumor has sprung up that the Harry Potter series being sold through the author’s soon to be opened ‘Pottermore” site will not include direct…
iRiver Launches New E-reader device
iRiver has announced a new e-book reader that looks a whole lot like the Kindle 2 with its white cover, grayscale screen and keyboard. It is called the iRiver Wi-Fi…
Asus’ Debuts It’s Own DR-950 TouchScreen eBook Reader, One More Rumored
Asus has this strategy of throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. So earlier this month Asus officially acknowledged that they have an e-Book reader in the pipeline.…
Kindle Version of The Lost Symbol is Outselling the Hardcover on Amazon
The Kindle edition of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol seems to be outselling the Hardcover edition of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol as was first discovered by Kindle Nation Daily. At…
Will ePub be the Death of the Kindle?
One of the recent major developments in the eReader market is Sony’s announcement that they will be fully adopting the ePub standard. Sony plans to completely abandon their own, proprietary…
ePub and PDF support
To view ePub of PDF files on your Amazon Kindle normally you would need to use Amazon email conversion service (either free of $0.10 per document) or you could convert…